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Determine fret spacings and layout fretboards accurately.

"Before working on any vintage guitar, I always check fret accuracy with these rules."—Dan Erlewine

Our accurate, high quality 22" x 1-1/4" x .030" rules, crafted of durable stainless steel for years of service in professional repair shops. Each rule has four different fret scales, and features precisely etched, easy-to-read markings on both sides.

#0800 Gibson guitar ruleThis rule includes Gibson's long scale and three shorter Gibson scales. The three shorter scales are different lengths, but over the years Gibson has referred to all of them as 24-3/4". For more detailed information, see stewmac.com/fretscales

24.562" Gibson (24-9/16")

24.625" Gibson (24-5/8")

24.750" Gibson (24-3/4")

25.300" Gibson long

#0801 Fender / PRS / classical rule

25.5" Fender

25" PRS / Dobro® / National™ / Benedetto

650mm classical

660mm classical

#0802 Martin / mandolin / banjo rule

24.900" Martin short

25.340" Martin long*

13-7/8" mandolin

26-3/16" banjo

*Martin long scale: The scale used on Martin Dreadnoughts is commonly referred to as 25.4" but is actually 25.34".

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I love this scale. No complaints! But I had a few near misses with confusing the Martin short and long scales (almost put the bridge in the wrong place!) I finally figured out to put tape over the scale I was not using for the current project...

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Friday, February 11, 2011

This is really a good tool.I use to guess and hope to get it right. Most of the time I had to do it all over again. But with this ruler they're is no guessing. Its absolutely great. And when you play the instrument you'd swear its from the company itself. The spacing are so precise.